I don’t always have bacon in the fridge. Also, I have vegetarian friends who eat seafood, so I adapted my previous recipe. This uses canned clams because cleaning tiny clams doesn’t really make a difference in the taste. I’ve done it both ways many times.

This is a kid-friendly recipe. Young children can add ingredients to the pot and stir. Older kids can cut potatoes and open cans. I let Fluffy use frozen diced onions when she wants to do it all by herself.